1980s

KICKSTARTER: Retro Quest

A digital fantasy gamebook to be published in English and Spanish, Retro Quest is a 100-page solo graphic novel written by Javier Lavilla, and illustrated by Andrea Lidia Radu. Created in a nostalgic style reminiscent of 1980s gamebooks, Retro Quest will feature many handmade illustrations using traditional black ink and textured paper, reminding all of …

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RETRO: Rollercoaster, and text adventure/FMV games

Interactive fiction, readable as what we may now describe as a narrative ‘gamebook’, became a relatively commonplace form of entertainment during the 1970s and early ’80s. Some of the earliest choice-based stories are from the Tracker Books series by Transworld Publishers in the UK. One of their first published titles is 1972’s Secret of the …

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Finn in 1989 – Choice of a Lifeline – Episode One

Finn in 1989, from indie developer Deeper Games, is a love letter to the 80s – a text-based interactive story of survival against all odds, where Lifeline and Stranger Things cross. Finn in 1989 is a deep, immersive story of survival and friendship, loaded with 80s pop culture references. If you’re a fan of Ready …

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